Na'Toth

Na'Toth
Race	Narn
Gender	Female
Place of Birth	Drakshoth, Narn
Eye color	Red
Relatives	Shu'Toth (Father) Unnamed Mother
Affiliation	Narn Regime
Portrayed by	Caitlin Brown Mary Kay Adams (season 2 only)

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"And you have no idea how that got into my bed?"
"Ambassador, it is not my place to speculate on how anything gets into your bed."

– G'Kar and Na'Toth, 2258

Na'Toth was a Narn diplomatic attaché and daughter of Counsellor Shu'Toth.

Personality

Na'Toth was an intelligent and cunning individual with a flair for witty replies. She has a sarcastic (if not sardonic) sense of humor which she has displayed on many occassions. She has also displayed knowledge on many topics both relating to Narn (such as her almost encyclopedic knowledge of the operations of the Thenta Makur) and outside of it (such as her knowing that the pak'ma'ra are carrion eaters and her knowing of the Earth phrase "bon apetit"). In contrast to the more spiritual G'Kar Na'Toth is very much the pragmatist. When asked by G'Kar what her beliefs are, Na'Toth comments she believes only in herself. She recounts that her father was a follower of G'Lan while her mother didn't believe in much of anything.

History

In 2258 was assigned as Ambassador G'Kar's second attaché, after his first aide Ko D'Ath died in an airlock accident one week previous. Na'Toth was sponsored by Counsellor Li'Dak of the Fifth Circle.

G'Kar was initially skeptical of Na'Toth, due to a warning that a member of the Thenta Makur, an assassins' guild, was going to be killing G'Kar in the near future. Another Narn turned out to be the assassin, but Na'Toth was able to prevent the assassin from killing G'Kar. Unlike Ko'Dath (whom he obviously seemed to despise immediately), G'Kar quickly developed a liking for Na'Toth.

Despite one slip up (her attack on Jha'dur) that ruined the plans for the Narn to have her work for them exclusively, Na'Toth helped G'Kar on many occasions in the cause for their people. On one such occasion, she stood loyally beside him as they both prevented the local Narns from starting a major incident on the station, during the Narn-Centauri War

She was present on Narn when the Centauri attacked their homeworld. In 2262 Londo Mollari and G'Kar discover that she is alive and being kept in a cell under the Centauri imperial palace. Unable to order her release, Londo, with G'Kar's help, formulated a plan to get her out of the imperial palace and off the planet. She then went back to Narn to heal in body and spirit.

By 2269 Na'Toth, now a famous personality - thanks largely to the widespread popularity of the Book of G'Kar - was living in a private P'Lazzo in the new Narn Capital Moktoke where aside from tending to her gardens, practised her hobby of sculpting Da’Quana.

Notes

• When G'Kar left Babylon 5 with Lyta Alexander in 2262, he named the ship he purchased for his old attaché.

Behind the Scenes

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"They said "do you mind being a lizard?" and I said "No!""

– Caitlin Brown interview, "The Making of Babylon 5"

Mary Kay Adams as Na'Toth

The character of Na'Toth was created by series creator and executive producer J. Michael Straczynski out of necessity when Mary Woronov, the actress playing Ko D'Ath, was unable to continue wearing the prosthetics and contact lenses and so Susan Kellerman was cast to play Na'Toth, as a replacement character.

However, Susan Kellerman never even made it in front of the cameras as she suffered a bout of claustrophobia during her make-up test and walked off the show. In a panic, the shooting schedule was hastily rearranged while Executive Producer Douglas Netter tried to secure a replacement. Casting director Mary Jo Slater eventually called in Caitlin Brown on very short notice to fill the role of Na'Toth as a favour. Brown having originally auditioned for the role of Delenn for the pilot and Susan Ivanova for the series would appear as Na'Toth in five episodes thought season one.

By the end of the season, though Caitlin Brown declined the option to reprise the role in Season 2 as, in addition to the discomfort of the prosthetics the other actresses experianced, she was concerned that the role and the necessity of hiding her face behind a mask would negatively impact her feature film career. She did however make a guest appearance in Season 2's "There All the Honor Lies" as Guinevere Corey.

Rather than killing off and replacing Na'Toth as was done with Ko D'Ath, the Producers opted to recast the role with Mary Kay Adams taking Caitlin Brown's place. According to J. Michael Straczynski, Mary Kay Adams was very strong in her auditions, however when it came to filming she made a choice to play Na'Toth very quiet so as not to push against Andreas Katsulas's performance, which unfortunately pushed the character into the background and after only three appearances in Season 2 the character was quietly dropped.

It wasn't until Season 3's ("And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place") that Na'Toth was even mentioned again, though her absence was explained by her being on the Narn Homeworld during the Centauri invasion. Na'Toth did finally reappear in Season 5's ("A Tragedy of Telepaths"), played again by Caitlin Brown who originated the role.

Appearances

Babylon 5 TV Series Signs and Portents (Played by Caitlin Brown) "The Parliament of Dreams" "Deathwalker" "By Any Means Necessary" "Legacies" "Chrysalis" The Coming of Shadows (Played by Mary Kay Adams) "Revelations" "Acts of Sacrifice" "There All the Honor Lies" The Wheel of Fire (Played by Caitlin Brown) "A Tragedy of Telepaths" Novels "Voices" (Non-canon) "Blood Oath" (Non-canon) Short Stories "True Seeker"